WEEKLY COLLECTION OF GENERAL WASTE (BLUE LID BIN ONLY)
Six weeks over the December/January Peak Holiday period

City of Victor Harbor
NEW COLLECTION EFFECTIVE FROM 1 JULY 2019

140 L blue lid
NOW FORTNIGHTLY

240 L yellow lid
NOW FORTNIGHTLY

240 L green lid
NOW FORTNIGHTLY
(township areas only)

WEEKLY COLLECTION OF GENERAL WASTE (BLUE LID BIN ONLY)
Six weeks over the December/January Peak Holiday period

* Please note fortnightly kerbside collection applys to Alexandrina Council, City of Victor Harbor, District Council of Yankalilla and Kangaroo Island. Exceptional Circumstances bins – RED lid bin – Alexandrina, District Council of Yankalilla and City of Victor Harbor and BLUE lid bin on Kangaroo Island are collected in same collection cycle as general waste.

PLEASE NOTE – EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES BINS (Red lid – Alexandrina, City of Victor Harbor and District Council of Yankalilla and Blue lid on Kangaroo Island) will NOT be collected during the period of weekly collection of general waste.

** Yankalilla is in the process of changing over to a blue lid to be consistent with other mainland councils. All new general waste bins issued in Yankalilla will have a blue lid. In the meantime, green lid general waste bins (of complying size) will continue to be collected.

Each rateable mainland property, including commercial properties, but excluding vacant land, is entitled to collection of one set of bins. Where a rateable property contains three or more dwellings, one set of bins per dwelling will be serviced.

Place your bin on private property for collection. FRWA plant or staff will not enter private property to collect bins.

Pack your bin too tightly.

Contaminate your bin with the incorrect materials for that bin.

Place your bin behind parked cars or close to stobie poles, trees or other obstructions.

If your bin is not full there is no need to put it out for collection.

If bins weigh in excess of 75 kilograms or, in the opinion of the driver, waste is not contained in a reasonable manner, or is of an inappropriate nature, the driver is authorised to decline collection of the waste. Whenever a bin is not collected because of not meeting these standards, the driver will leave a notice in the resident’s mail box or on the bin.

Which bin does it go in?

Are you unsure of which items should go in which bin? Would you like to know how to make the most efficient use of the three-bin system that operates in the FRWA area? Watch this short video to see how much difference it makes when you sort your waste correctly.

The following provides detailed information about what to put in each bin. More information is available on the Kerbside Queries and FAQs page. If you can’t find the answers to your questions here, go to Contact Us to find out who to call.

Your recycling bin is for items that can be recycled into new products by our recycling contractor. Once your recycling bin has been collected it is sent to a materials recovery facility (MRF) where it is sorted by a combination of high tech machines and manual labour. It is important that you follow the recycling guidelines to help reduce contamination and ensure the safety of those working on the sorting lines. The recycling truck driver has the right to refuse collection of recycling bins that contain contaminated or unsafe materials. Not all recyclable products are able to be recycled at kerbside. Just because a product has a recycling symbol doesn’t mean it can automatically go into your recycling bin at home. Please follow the guidelines to ensure you are putting the correct items into your recycling bin.

These items should go in your recycling bin:

Tins and cans

Metal lids, contained inside a metal can (squash it so they don’t fall out)

LOOK FOR THE NEW AUSTRALASIAN RECYCLING LABELS – which explain which parts of a package may be recyclable.

REMEMBER to rinse your bottles and jars before placing them in the recycling bin. It’s OK to leave the labels on your recyclables. Any plastic containers that bounce back to their original shape when gently crushed are suitable for recycling.

Soft plastics that do not hold their shape cannot be recycled through the kerbside system. Most supermarkets recycle them, otherwise they need to go in your general waste bin.

DO NOT put your recyclables inside a plastic bag.

Be Proactive

REDUCE – always better than recycling – by purchasing products without excess packaging, you will be reducing the amount of waste and recycling you produce in the first place.

RINSE – containers with your leftover dishwashing water.

SQUASH – the containers as flat as possible so you can fit more into your recycling bin.

The contents of your green waste bin are taken to FRWA composting contractor or Kangaroo Island Resource Recovery Centre, where they are composted to produce high-quality garden compost. Only compostable materials can go in your green waste bin, including food scraps and garden trimmings. Remember the motto: “If it grows, in it goes!”

Everything on this list can go in your green waste bin:

Food scraps and peels

Cake and bread scraps

Dog and other pet poo – wrapped lightly in paper or in a compostable bag

Fruit and vegetables

Teabags, tea leaves and coffee grounds

Meat , poultry and seafood bones and fat

Egg shells and soft shellfish casings

Cheese and yoghurt

Leftovers

Takeaway foods (eg. pizza and chips)

Compostable corn or other plant based starch bags that meet Australian Standard 4736

Tissues and paper towels

Small amounts of cooking oil

Hair (human and pet hair)

Pizza boxes that have food stuck to them

Soiled straw or shredded paper animal bedding

Wood ash (let it cool down first)

Lawn clippings

Sawdust

Leaves, twigs and flowers

Fallen leaves and fruit

Prunings

Branches up to 15 cm diameter

Weeds (shake off as much soil as you can)

You can put food scraps loose into your green waste bin, or wrap them in newspaper or put them in a compostable bag to avoid any odour (use only a Compostable bag that meet Australian Standard 4736) – look for the green Australian standard symbol.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

DO NOT put any plastic bags in your green waste bin. This includes ‘degradable’ or ‘biodegradable’ doggy waste bags which are plastic – they ‘breakdown’ into smaller pieces of plastic and plastic is forever!

DO NOT put nappies in your green waste bin, even if they say ‘biodegradable’ or ‘degradable’. All nappies must go in the general waste bin.

DO NOT put vacuum cleaner dust or cigarette butts or cigarette ash in your green waste bin. These items must go in the general waste bin.

If there are contaminants found in your bin, it will be identified with a ‘bin contamination’ sticker, and your bin will not be collected. PLEASE NOTE: FRWA will not continue to service green waste bins that are regularly contaminated.

The Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) was established in 2010 by the constituent councils of the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia in order to manage their waste and recycling operations. The constituent councils are Alexandrina Council, City of Victor Harbor, Kangaroo Island Council and the District Council of Yankalilla.